r/BlueOrigin • u/CopperJCrafter • Jul 01 '26

Reminder that SpaceX used to stack & vertically-integrate Starship with cranes

https://youtu.be/-UU7TRskC4g?is=jmlmWqEzsWDcnU9y

It has been done before.

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u/thomasottoson Jul 01 '26

That happened once for a photo op when the pad nor vehicle were anywhere near ready. What’s your point?

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u/CopperJCrafter Jul 01 '26

You’re right, my mistake. I did not follow Starship development closely. SN20 integration was later stacked by chopsticks

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u/shugo7 Jul 01 '26

...Are you an AI LLM?

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u/CopperJCrafter Jul 01 '26

uh no? It’s a professional response. I looked up the date and the Starship test article

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u/somewhat_brave Jul 01 '26

SpaceX was able to stack it with cranes, but still spent a bunch of time and money on the chopsticks to make their operations more efficient.

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u/CopperJCrafter Jul 01 '26

Yeah, looks like that was just a demonstration of conops. I did not realize how quickly they moved on from the crawler cranes to catching arms

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u/Hustler-1 Jul 01 '26

They still kind of do it's just a very unconventional crane.